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    This $10 Million House Above L.A.’s Sunset Strip Has a Two-Story Entertainment Complex

    Back in 2007, Angie Thornbury doled out $2.8 million for an unremarkable 1960s ranch house perched in the coveted Bird Streets enclave of Los Angeles. The designer and developer, who passed away in 2020, subsequently renovated the Hollywood Hills property high above the Sunset Strip in her signature party-centric style, complete with glass panels peering into a two-level entertainment space down below.

    Rented out through the years and currently occupied by Thornbury’s daughter, part-time KTLA meteorologist Liberté Chan, the residence has now become available for the first time in almost two decades. The asking price is a speck under $10 million, with Joyce Rey and Katia Miramontes of Coldwell Banker Realty handling the listing.

    A hot tub is tucked off to the side of the great room’s fireside seating spot.

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    Spanning multiple levels, the modern hilltop abode rests on a third of an acre of land fronted by a gated driveway that empties out at an attached two-car garage with lifts to accommodate additional vehicles. Inside, a total of three bedrooms and three baths are spread across about 7,000 square feet of elevator-accessible living space boasting French oak floors, soaring ceilings, art-friendly walls, and vast expanses of glass providing sweeping city skyline and ocean views.

    An open-concept great room sports several lounging spots, including one nestled beside a black-veined marble fireplace and, just behind that, an indoor hot tub. An adjacent dining room surrounded by smoky mirrors flows to a kitchen with sleek ivory cabinetry, an eat-in island, and Miele and Wolf appliances, while a swanky primary suite has a round canopy bed, a walk-in closet that doubles as a panic room, and a soaking tub and shower in a glass-enclosed wet room.

    The two-level basement is ready for entertaining with a bar and lounge boasting a wine cellar.

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    Rounding it all out are the lower-level party facilities, which feature a multipurpose movie and performance theater that’s complete with a stage, a dance pole, and a viewing balcony. Nearby are an airy lounge with a sinuous, fully equipped bar and climate-controlled wine cellar, a gym, and a wellness room. The backyard also offers plenty of perks, including a lap pool with an integrated fire pit and a separate spa.

    Chan, an L.A. native who recently became a mother and spends her spare time as a wellness, fashion, and travel influencer, told Mansion Global she has decided to sell because she has different lifestyle needs now and her pandemic-escape party pad “isn’t the right house for a newborn.” 

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    YouTuber Alpharad’s Sleek L.A. Home Lists for $5 Million

    It’s been almost three years since Jacob Rabon picked up a Los Angeles residence in the San Fernando Valley community of Sherman Oaks. Now the successful YouTube and Twitch streamer—known to his roughly 4 million subscribers as Alpharad—is looking to hand over the keys to the modern digs for a smidge under $5 million. Brandon Piller and Joey Ben-Zvi of The Agency share the listing.

    Purchased by the 29-year-old Oklahoma native for $4.8 million in summer 2022, shortly after it was newly built, the stucco and glass structure rests on almost a quarter of an acre of land fronted by an attached two-car garage with EV chargers.

    The living room is spotlighted by a wood-encased linear fireplace topped by a big-screen TV.

    Austin John

    RELATED: ‘Saved by the Bell’ Alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $5.5 Million

    A steep flight of stairs leads up from the driveway to the tall wooden front door, which opens into 5,300 square feet of tri-level living space featuring a total of six bedrooms and eight baths. An elevator and a curving wood and iron-railed staircase service all floors, while a swath of automated smart-home systems control sound, lighting, security, and more.

    Main-level highlights include an open-concept great room that opens directly to the fully walled backyard via sliding glass doors. Holding court here is a fireside living room, as well as a dining area topped by an industrial-style chandelier mimicking a collection of lightsabers and a dark-hued kitchen boasting custom cabinetry, an oversized island with an integrated breakfast table, and top-tier appliances.

    The kitchen is stocked with state-of-the-art appliances.

    Austin John

    RELATED: ‘The Bachelor’ Alum Colton Underwood Lists His L.A. Home for $4.2 Million

    The lower level has a cozy family room, a movie theater, and ample space for an office or a studio, while the upper floor holds a posh primary suite flaunting a fireplace, a private balcony, a walk-in closet, and a spa-inspired bath equipped with dual vanities, a soaking tub, and a rainfall shower.

    Five additional bedrooms, including one on the lower level and the rest up top, all have their own bath. And outdoors, you’ll find small but nicely landscaped grounds hosting a pool and spa, a built-in barbecue, and a grass-trimmed concrete patio warmed by a large veined-marble fireplace.

    As it turns out, records reveal Alpharad’s YouTuber friend Jaiden Animations recently sold a fully updated property in L.A.’s Eagle Rock neighborhood for $2.6 million.

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    Austin John

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    ‘Power’ Creator Courtney Kemp’s Charming Spanish-Style Bungalow in L.A. Lists for $2.7 Million

    Courtney Kemp doled out nearly $2 million for a petite bungalow in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles back in late 2018. Now the much-lauded TV writer and producer—most known for the successful Starz series Power and its many spinoffs, as well as The Good Wife and The Bernie Mac Show—has decided to part ways with the home, hoisting it on the market for a dash under $2.7 million with Timothy Di Prizito and Aleff Luz of Christie’s International Real Estate SoCal.

    Originally built in the 1920s, the Spanish Revival structure has since been meticulously updated. Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined street and secured behind hedge-lined walls and a gate, the house sports three bedrooms and an equal number of baths in a little more than 2,100 square feet of single-level living space rife with restored hardwood floors, hand-painted mosaic tile, casement windows, arched doorways, and French doors spilling outside.

    An original Batchelder fireplace serves as a focal point of the living room.

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    From the street, a terracotta walkway flows through a grassy front yard before emptying out at a covered colonnade. A glass-and-wood-trimmed front door opens into the living room, which is centered around a striking Batchelder fireplace. Beyond that is a dining room with the original built-in hutch, plus an eat-in kitchen outfitted with custom cabinetry, stone countertops, a center island, an apron-front sink, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a breakfast nook.

    Two en-suite bedrooms tucked away from the public areas include the primary suite, which comes with a private patio, a walk-in closet, and a spa-like bath sporting a pedestal sink and a large glass-encased shower. And the palm tree-laced grounds, which span less than a quarter of an acre, feature a secluded and grassy backyard hosting an alfresco dining terrace and a fireside seating area. A detached two-car garage has also been converted into a guest suite.

    French doors open the kitchen to an alfresco dining terrace.

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    “Celebrity owned, meticulously restored and upgraded quintessential Spanish Revival…one of my all-time favorites, and one of the most evocative, magical and romantic homes in Hancock Park,” says Di Prizito of the house, which is just minutes away from Larchmont Village and The Grove. “It’s as perfect as a movie set.”

    In addition to her for-sale Hancock Park home, records show Kemp has owned a similar bungalow in a nearby neighborhood since 2018. And last year she took a substantial loss on the sale of an Italian-style villa in nearby Windsor Square that she bought from actress Joanna Garcia Swisher and her retired pro basketball player husband Nick Swisher in 2019 for $8.7 million.

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    Engel Studios

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    ‘Saved by the Bell’ Alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s Former L.A. Home Lists for $5.5 Million

    Shortly before the TV show Franklin & Bash, on which he played lawyer Peter Bash, was canceled after four seasons in late 2014, Mark-Paul Gosselaar plunked down $2.3 million for a Los Angeles home in the San Fernando Valley community of Sherman Oaks.

    The veteran actor—probably still best known after all these years for his 1990s role as teen heartthrob Zack Morris on Saved by the Bell—wound up selling the place in early 2022 in an off-market deal for $5.3 million, turning a tidy $3 million profit in the process. Now the French Country-style digs are available again, this time with a $5.5 million price tag. Heather Altman and Casey Gamm of The Altman Brothers Team at Douglas Elliman hold the listing.

    A fancifully wallpapered living room has a fireplace and French doors opening to the outdoors.

    Noel Kleinman

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    One of just seven properties tucked away at the end of a secluded cul-de-sac offering picturesque views of the San Gabriel Mountains, the two-story stucco and stone structure is fronted by an attached three-car garage. Inside, five bedrooms and five baths are spread across nearly 5,800 square feet of remodeled living space boasting wide-plank European white oak floors, arched doorways, and wrought-iron details, plus an automated smart-home system.

    Double doors open into the split-level entry foyer, which steps up to a coffered-ceiling living room with decorative wallpaper, a fireplace, and French doors spilling out to the backyard. There’s also a formal dining area and an all-white kitchen sporting top-notch Thermador and Sub-Zero appliances, a blue-hued eat-in island for a pop of color, and a window-lined breakfast nook with banquette seating.

    The mountain-view backyard hosts a pool and spa flanked by an alfresco dining terrace.

    Noel Kleinman

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    Other main-level highlights include a fireside primary suite that has a separate office and a marble-clad bath, as well as a movie theater and a guest bedroom with its own bath. The lower level has three additional en-suite bedrooms, a flexible bonus room, and a mirrored gym, while the manicured grounds span almost half an acre and host a solar-heated pool and spa flanking a pergola-shaded terrace that’s ideal for alfresco entertaining with a full kitchen.

    After his career-spurring turn on Saved by the Bell, the 51-year-old California native went on to appear in several TV shows and films, including NYPD Blue, Franklin & Bash, Pitch, Mixed-ish, Dead Man on Campus, Beer Money, and Sticks and Stones. He reprised his role as Zack Morris in a Saved by the Bell reboot in 2020, and he’s currently starring in the NBC crime drama series Found. An avid thrill-seeker, he’s also a sports car enthusiast, race car driver, track cyclist, dirt biker, Jui Jitsu practitioner, and licensed pilot.

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    Have Mercy! John Stamos’s Former SoCal Estate Just Hit the Market for $13 Million

    Back in the early 1990s, soon after he gained widespread acclaim for his role as Uncle Jesse on the sitcom Full House, John Stamos doled out $430,000 for a vacant six-acre plot of land in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas and enlisted architect Les Makowski to design a custom home for him. Now the Mediterranean-style digs high above Malibu Canyon have popped up for sale, asking a speck under $13 million. Alessandro Corona of Compass holds the listing.

    Famously owned by the actor and musician for almost a decade until 2001, when the place traded hands for around $2.2 million, records show the property was last sold to politician Justin Aguilera and his beauty entrepreneur wife Candace in 2020 for nearly $3 million. Since extensively remodeled by the couple, the white stucco and red terracotta-roof structure offers six bedrooms and an equal number of baths filtered across a little more than 8,100 square feet of glitzy living space on two levels laced throughout with black-and-white veined marble and gold accents.

    A two-way fireplace and massive chandelier add a touch of flair to the glass-walled living room.

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    A grand set of steps leads up to the portico entrance, which opens into a column-studded foyer displaying dual staircases and a mezzanine balcony overlooking an elegant living room sporting a gigantic crystal chandelier and striking two-way fireplace set next to a soaring wall of glass. Other highlights include a media room, plus a wood-paneled entertainment area decked out with a full seated bar. A former recording studio has been transformed into an office.

    A formal dining room that can seat at least 10 connects to the spacious kitchen, which comes with custom glass-knobbed cabinetry, a center island, top-tier stainless appliances, and an accompanying breakfast nook lined with windows. Secluded upstairs is the voluminous primary suite, which rests beneath a vaulted wood-beam ceiling and features a private balcony with mountain views, a mini bar, a fireside lounge, a huge glam room, and a luxe bath equipped with an indulgent spa tub.

    An ebony-hued room with a coffered ceiling has a full seated bar for entertaining guests.

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    Outdoors, the manicured grounds host a grotto-style pool with a waterfall and a spa, as well as several travertine-clad terraces ideal for alfresco lounging and entertaining with amenities like a fireplace and barbecue station. Adding extra panache is a detached one-bedroom, one-bath guest suite with its own entrance, along with a lengthy gated driveway that spills out at an attached three-car garage and an expansive motor court that can accommodate up to 30 vehicles. Did we mention there’s also enough room to land a helicopter?

    The 61-year-old California native began his acting career as heartthrob Blackie Parrish on the daytime soap opera General Hospital in the ’80s and went on to land the iconic role of Jesse Katsopolis on the popular sitcom Full House. He later reprised the role in the Netflix spinoff Fuller House, for which he served as an executive producer. An accomplished musician, he’s also appeared on Broadway and occasionally performs with the Beach Boys.

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    Andrew Orozco/Open House

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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    Raquel Welch’s Longtime L.A. Home Just Sold for $3.1 Million

    A little more than two years after she passed away in early 2023 at age 82, a Los Angeles home long owned by Raquel Welch—the legendary actress and enduring sex symbol probably best remembered for her 1960s roles as a shrunken scientist in Fantastic Voyage and bikini-clad cavewoman in One Billion Years B.C.—has officially traded hands for $3.1 million.

    First offered a year ago for around $4 million and subsequently reduced to $3.7 million, the Mediterranean-style villa in the exclusive Beverly Glen Circle neighborhood of Bel Air sold to British film producer, writer, and director Justin Hyne for just $600,000 more than the $2.5 million Welch doled out for the place in 2009. Ernie Carswell and Lloyd Ross of Douglas Elliman and Brett Lawyer of Carolwood Estates shared the listing, with Ariel Belkin of The One Luxury Properties repping the buyer.

    The fireside living room has a stone fireplace and French doors opening out to the backyard.

    Jeremy Spann

    RELATED: L.A. Reid Relists His Swanky Bel Air Mansion for a Discounted $17.5 Million

    Built in the late ’90s, the blush-hued stucco and terracotta-roof structure rests high atop a hedged and gated parcel of land spanning less than a quarter of an acre. Inside, roughly 5,100 square feet of multi-level, cream-hued living space includes a column-lined entrance gallery that flows to a glass-walled living room sporting a stone fireplace and French doors spilling out to a pergola-shaded terrace and sundeck-encased pool and spa beyond.

    Other highlights include a formal dining area and an office with a kitchenette. A family room connects to the kitchen, which is outfitted with wood cabinetry, an eat-in island, and a cozy breakfast banquette. Upstairs, four en-suite bedrooms include a spacious primary retreat boasting a fireside seating area, two walk-in closets, and a luxe bath with dual vanities and a built-in spa tub. Rounding it all out: a top-floor bonus space, plus an oversized garage hosting a bath-equipped room with its own entrance that could easily serve as a gym or guest site.

    The hedge-lined backyard hosts a freeform pool and spillover spa surrounded by a sundeck.

    Jeremy Spann

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    Long before Bo Derek ran down the beach in her Fulani braids and Farrah Fawcett posed in that iconic red swimsuit, there was Welch in her infamous doeskin bikini as seen in One Billion Years B.C. Though she was named by Playboy as one of its “100 sexiest female stars of the 20th century,” coming in third behind Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, the Golden Globe-winning actress (The Three Musketeers) refused to strip down for movies or magazine shoots.

    “I am my father’s daughter and that’s just not the way you behave,” she told Piers Morgan on his Life Stories show in 2015. “You don’t do that if you are a certain kind of a woman and that’s the kind of woman I was raised to be.”

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    Jeremy Spann

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    Wendy Bowman

    Wendy Bowman is a real estate writer at Robb Report. Before that, she was a freelancer for Modern Luxury and several other media outlets, where she primarily covered luxury properties for…

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